Howard Dean ... blogger? He again is getting flack for his seemingly off the cuff statements, this time concerning holding back his state papers, and later having to "explain" himself. This makes him look stupid, and political to boot (his staff: politics as usual! oh no ... isn't that Kerry?), which is bad. Dean sounds to me a little like a blogger, who just types what s/he is thinking at the moment, leading to flawed prose that would have been much more smooth if some thought would be put into it. Of course, this also causes something to be lost in the translation.

Howard Dean has to keep his bloggist bona fides, but learn to still have the common sense and skill needed to succeed. Also, he has to resist the urge to totally edit himself after the fact, resulting in him abandoning the good parts of his "speak my mind" comments as well as making people forget the previously basic statement he previously made as their mind is dulled by cover-up spin. Tricky business, but who says beating sitting presidents was supposed to be easy?